Simon Pegg Says He Is Not Writing the Next Star Trek Movie, Says Tarantino's Version Won't Be 'Pulp Fiction in Space'

J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are writing Star Trek 4 instead.

By
Alex Gilyadov

Simon Pegg is not writing the script for the next Star Trek movie.

In an interview with ComingSoon, Pegg revealed he is working on a different project at Bad Robot with fellow Star Trek Beyond writer Doug Jung.

"You know what, I’m not developing the next Star Trek at all," Pegg said. "I think that’s a bit of confusion because I’m working on something with Doug at Bad Robot but it’s not the next Trek."

Pegg then confirmed the Star Trek 4 screenplay is actually being penned by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. He also touched on what fans can expect from Quentin Tarantino's potential R-rated Trek movie, saying it won't be "Pulp Fiction in space."

Instead, the filmmaker's potential Trek project will stay true to the franchise while also feeling like a Tarantino movie.

"Everyone sort of assumes it’s gonna be like Pulp Fiction in space, but I think his devotion to Trek and his understanding of it…," Pegg said. "It won’t be ordinary, it’ll have him all over it, but it won’t be anything a Star Trek fan will have to worry about.

"He has an acute understanding of the story and he’d never do anything to tear it down."